Intel Server Board S2600ST & S2600WF families: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account

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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2020.3952
               Intel Server Board S2600ST & S2600WF Advisory
                             11 November 2020

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           Intel Server Board S2600ST
                   Intel Server Board S2600WF
Publisher:         Intel
Operating System:  Windows
                   UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact/Access:     Increased Privileges -- Existing Account
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2020-0572  

Original Bulletin: 
   https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00439.html

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Intel ID:                 INTEL-SA-00439
Advisory Category:        Firmware
Impact of vulnerability : Escalation of Privilege
Severity rating :         HIGH
Original release:         11/10/2020
Last revised:             11/10/2020

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel Server Board S2600ST & S2600WF
families may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing firmware updates
to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2020-0572

Description: Improper input validation in the firmware for Intel(R) Server
Board S2600ST & S2600WF families may allow a privileged user to potentially
enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5 High

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

Intel Server Board S2600ST family.

Intel Server Board S2600WF family.

Recommendation:

Intel recommends updating the Intel Server Board S2600ST firmware to version
02.01.0011 or later and the Intel Server Board S2600WF firmware to version
02.01.0012 or later.

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Alexander Ermolov and Maksim Malyutin for reporting
this issue.

Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice
called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is
generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available.

Revision History

Revision    Date      Description
1.0      11/10/2020 Initial Release

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